Officer dies after Snowdon rescue
A South Yorkshire police officer has died after being rescued from Snowdon, close to where the body of Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd was found in March this year.
A South Yorkshire police officer has died after being rescued from Snowdon, close to where the body of Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd was found in March this year.
PC Anthony Mulhall was airlifted from the mountain last Thursday but died the following day whilst in intensive care in hospital.
A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said the officer had been missing from his Rotherham home since Wednesday.
This is terrible news and our condolences go out to his family, said South Yorkshire Chief Constable Meredydd Hughes. PC Mulhall was highly regarded and will be missed by his colleagues and friends.
Last year, PC Mulhall was removed from public duties after a video showed him repeatedly striking a black woman Toni Comer, 21 whilst making an arrest outside a Sheffield nightclub. He was subsequently cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The IPCC said PC Mulhall had used justified and proportionate force in the incident. Ms Comer was later charged and pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a car.
It is understood PC Mulhalls death is not being treated as suspicious. He had served with South Yorkshire Police for 11 years.
At the time of going to print PC Mulhalls cause of death remains unknown.